The coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Christophe Galtier, was very cautious this Tuesday in his approach to this Wednesday’s game against Benfica, scoring for the third day of Group H of the Football Champions League.
Christophe Galtier, who was speaking at a previous press conference, acknowledged that the ‘incarnates’ have “a very interesting style of play”, so he is not “surprised by what they have done”.
“Benfica is a team that has not lost since the beginning of the season. As the games progressed, and with the tie that defined the group, we followed Benfica. I am not surprised by what they have done. Today, Benfica can feed the desire to be in the first places”, he warned.
The Parisian coach believes that he can get a good result from Luz against “an invincible opponent full of confidence”.
“Benfica will attack, it’s part of the coach’s DNA, it’s a team that pushes a lot in the first phase of construction. The stadium will be supporting Benfica. I have players who are used to playing in these conditions. We have quality and with a lot of concentration we can play a good game,” he said.
Aware of the difficulty of playing at the Estádio da Luz, Danilo Pereira, a Portuguese international who plays for PSG, stresses that it will be “a very hot game”.
“Benfica’s strengths are essentially the group, the way they work defensively and offensively. Benfica has players with a lot of experience and a mix of youngsters. During the five years I played at FC Porto it was always very difficult to play here. Stadium with capacity for 65,000 people. It will be a very hot match. We will work to bring the three points to Paris”, he promised, acknowledging that “Renato Sanches (injured) is sad, he would very much like to play against Benfica”.
Asked about the preconceived idea that when a Portuguese team faces a French team, the favoritism prior to the match falls on the side of the Gauls and that reality shows that the victory is mostly on the Portuguese side, Danilo has no doubts: “It is time to change”. tradition and win this Wednesday.
“The Portuguese League is very undervalued, for various reasons and there is no use talking here. But the teams have been making great games and seasons in international competitions for a long time. We have the cases of Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting and Sporting de Braga”, he concluded.
Benfica, which shares the leadership of group H of the Champions League with PSG, receives the French this Wednesday, at 8:00 p.m., in a match on matchday three that will be refereed by the Spaniard Gil Manzano.
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Source: TSF
